OCEANIAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
This award is chosen by journalists, originating in 1988 and can be given to any player originating from the Oceania region. This includes two players who have chosen to play for France, Christian Karembeu who came from New Caledonia and Marama Vahirua who came from Tahiti. The results in 2001 are:
| RANK | NAME | NATIONALITY |
VOTES |
| 1 | Harry Kewell | Australia | 87 |
| 2 | Mark Viduka | Australia | 83 |
| 3 | Brett Emerton | Australia | 59 |
| 4 | Craig Moore | Australia | 23 |
| 5 | Mark Schwarzer | Australia | |
| 6 | Marama Vahirua | Tahiti |
The two Australia star players and past two winners of this award who are both currently at Leeds, finished first and second in 2001 with Harry Kewell just edging out Mark Viduka. Brett Emerton has also impressed at Feyenoord and for Australia over the year to finish in third place. Previous winners of the award are:
| YEAR | NAME | NATIONALITY |
| 1988 | Frank Farina | Australia |
| 1989 | Wynton Rufer | New Zealand |
| 1990 | Wynton Rufer | New Zealand |
| 1991 | Robbie Slater | Australia |
| 1992 | Wynton Rufer | New Zealand |
| 1993 | Robbie Slater | Australia |
| 1994 | Aurelio Vidmar | Australia |
| 1995 | Christian Karembeu | France |
| 1996 | Paul Okon | Australia |
| 1997 | Mark Bosnich | Australia |
| 1998 | Christian Karembeu | France |
| 1999 | Harry Kewell | Australia |
| 2000 | Mark Viduka | Australia |
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